Hi, Pat Pathmanathan wrote: > I am trying to install Debian 10.9 on the old iMac G5. I burned the > 'debian-10.9.0-ppc64el-netinst.iso’ [..] > I was > able to install Ubuntu Mate 16.04 for powerpc without any problem.
Possibly you want Debian for "ppc64" or "powerpc". At least the boot equipment of debian-10.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso and debian-10.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso looks like the one of ubuntu-mate-16.04-desktop-powerpc.iso. (I.e. CHRP MBR partition and Apple Partition Map announcing a HFS filesystem. Made by genisoimage. The Debian ppc64el ISO has only CHRP and was made by xorriso.) See https://wiki.debian.org/PPC64 https://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC The latter mentions "G5 Power Macs". There is a mailing list https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/ where searching for "G5" yields lots of hits https://lists.debian.org/cgi-bin/search?P=G5&DEFAULTOP=or&B=Gdebian-powerpc&SORT=&HITSPERPAGE=10 So i guess your goal is on topic there. Have a nice day :) Thomas
